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02/02/2012 - Imbloc 2012

Imbloc (Candlemass, Imblog, Imbole) - February 2nd

This holiday is also known as Candlemas, or Brigid's (pronounced BREED) Day. One of the 4 Celtic "Fire Festivals. Commemorates the changing of the Goddess from the Crone to the Maiden. Celebrates the first signs of Spring. Also called "Imbolc" (the old Celtic name).

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07/02/2012 - Full Moon February 2012

Full Moon February 2012
 
7th February 2012 at 21:54pm

Full Moon is when the moon has reached its zenith, it forms a perfect silvery sphere in the sky. This is a time for spells that transform, increase psychic ability, for fertility spells and invocation to lunar goddesses. This is a time of strength, love and power.

Website: Full Moon February 2012 »

11/02/2012 - 19/02/2012 - Jorvik Viking Festival 2012

Jorvik Viking Festival 2012

11 February 2012 - 19 February 2012

The 27th annual JORVIK Viking Festival will take place at various sites across York during this week. Over 80 activities.

Website: Jorvik Viking Festival 2012 »

11/02/2012 - 17/06/2012 - Pharaoh: King of Egypt

Pharaoh: King of Egypt

February 11th until 17th June 2012

The exhibition entitled Pharaoh: King of Egypt featuring over 130 objects will be on show from Saturday, February 11 until June.

The treasures, including palace decorations, sculpture, jewellery and papyri come from the British Museum’s own collection as well as those of the Great North Museum and Leeds City Museum.

Leeds City Museum
Millennium Square
Leeds
LS2 8BH

Website: Pharaoh: King of Egypt »

11/02/2012 - 27/03/2012 - Fascinating Mummies

Fascinating Mummies

February 11th - 27th May 2012

From February, Fascinating Mummies, the first exhibition in The National Museum of Scotland’s major new exhibitions space, will delve deep into the rituals surrounding death and afterlife in Ancient Egypt.

The National Museum of Scotland

Chambers Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1JF

 

Website: Fascinating Mummies »

13/02/2012 - 15/02/2012 - Lupercalia, in honour of Faunus

Lupercalia, in honour of Faunus

February 13 to 15

Lupercalia was a very ancient, possibly pre-Roman pastoral festival, observed on February 13 through 15 to avert evil spirits and purify the city, releasing health and fertility.

13/02/2012 - 22/02/2012 - Parentalia or dies parentales

Parentalia, in honour of the ancestors

February 13 to 22

In ancient Rome, the Parentalia or dies parentales ("ancestral days") was a nine-day festival held in honor of family ancestors, beginning February 13.

17/02/2012 - Quirinalia, in honour of Quirinus

Quirinalia, in honour of Quirinus

February 17

In Roman mythology, Quirinus was an early god of the Roman state. In Augustan Rome, Quirinus was also an epithet of Janus, as Janus Quirinus. His name is derived from the word quiris meaning "spear."

21/02/2012 - Unpacking the Picatrix: A Seminal Grimoire Explained

Unpacking the Picatrix: A Seminal Grimoire Explained
Liana Saif

21 February (Tuesday)

This talk unpacks the magic of the most extraordinary of all grimoires, the Picatrix. For those who know little of Arabic Philosophy and astrology, it can be a hard text to approach, much more challenging than those we are more familiar with, such as the Key of Solomon. This lecture serves as an introduction to this remarkable text: its structure, its underlying philosophy and its main categories of magic. This is a night for everyone who loves a grimoire, who burns a planetary incense, who knows astrology, or who works with the powers of the seven sacred planets. Liana Saif works on Renaissance philosophy and the development of the esoteric traditions of Arabic and Western cultures. She has recently completed her doctoral thesis at Birkbeck College, University of London.

Price: £7.00 Time: 7.15 for a 7.30 start.

Venue:
Treadwells
34 Tavistock Street,
Covent Garden,
London
WC2E 7PB

Website: Unpacking the Picatrix: A Seminal Grimoire Explained »

21/02/2012 - Feralia

Feralia

February 21

Feralia was an ancient Roman public festival celebrating the Manes (Roman spirits of the dead, particularly the souls of deceased individuals).

This day marked the end of Parentalia, a nine day festival honoring the dead ancestors. Roman citizens were instructed to bring offerings to the tombs of their dead ancestors which consisted of at least "an arrangement of wreathes, a sprinkling of grain and a bit of salt, bread soaked in wine and violets scattered about." 

23/02/2012 - Terminalia, in honour of Terminus

Terminalia, in honour of Terminus

February 23

In Roman religion, Terminus was the god who protected boundary markers; his name was the Latin word for such a marker. Sacrifices were performed to sanctify each boundary stone, and landowners celebrated a festival called the "Terminalia" in Terminus' honor each year.

27/02/2012 - First Equirria

First Equirria

February 27

The Equirria (Festival of Mars) were holy days with religious and military significance at either end of the new year celebrations for Mars. Priests performed rites purifying the army. Celebrants held horse races on the Campus Martius (field of Mars).